Mine detail: Sphalerite Occurrence Z81

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Location

Lat / long:

38.72088, -86.59165

Resource(B)

Primary:	Zinc
Tertiary:	Sulfur
Ore:	Sphalerite
Gangue:	Calcite, Dolomite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Blue River Group: Includes Paoli, Ste. Genevieve And St. Louis Li Mestones. Thickens To Sw
Host type:	Limestone
Structure:	Cincinnati Arch Trends Nw/Se Thru Indiana. A Stable Paleozoic Platf Orm Between Subsiding Illinois And Michigan Basins., West Of Mt. Carmel Fault
Tectonic:	In Illinois Basin
Alteration processes:	Dolomitization, Dissolution

References

MRDS	W031995
DEP	10080660
Reference	SHAFFER, NELSON R., 1981, POSSIBILITY OF MISSISSIPPI VALLEY-TYPE MI NERAL DEPOSITS IN INDIANA, INDIANA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SPECIAL REPORT 21 , 49 P
Reporter	Sutphin, David M.